Windows 7 refuses to detect eSATA drive! (790FX-GD70 mobo)

I just built a new computer using Windows 7 64-bit. Here's the component config for it:
MSI 790FX-GD70
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
XFX Radeon HD 5850 Black Edition
OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 (OCZ3G1600LV6GK)
Seagate Barracuda LP ST31500541AS 1.5TB 5900 RPM 32MB Cache
My problem is that I can't hot swap my eSATA drive which is a Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache in a Rosewill RX-358-S external enclosure. Yes, I realize my hard drives are backwards...I purchased the 7200 RPM a while ago and have been using it externally. I've been fortunate enough to not have it die on me (they get horrible reviews) and couldn't resist ordering another 1.5TB Seagate when it was on sale. I haven't noticed the newer one that ended up in my system is only 5900 RPM until now - didn't even realize it was 5900 RPM when I purchased it. It actually dropped my Windows Experience Index to 5.9 because of it - the next lowest thing is the processor at 7.4 (which seems low to me when it's a 3.5 GHZ quad-core). Oh well, it's just not worth messing around with an active partition and another massive hard drive that's already 95% full of crap to make it a bit more "proper".
Being unable to hot swap was the first problem. It would only detect the drive when it was plugged in prior to booting. Now I just noticed it doesn't seem to detect it all because I no longer get a drive icon for it in Windows Explorer where as I previously did. I tried enabling AHCI in the BIOS. I didn't install Windows with it enabled which appears to be a problem with XP but I figure Windows 7 would be able to update it on its own by now - I did get a driver update message in the task bar after enabling it on the next boot. If I plug it into the rear eSATA port as opposed to the external port my case provides it gets detected in the POST process on a new screen (which is a total waste of 5-10 seconds waiting for it to advance - so much for enabling quick post). If I use the case's eSATA extension that is connected to a motherboard SATA port it doesn't even get detected during the boot process.
I don't know if this is a motherboard issue or a Windows 7 issue, or both. It seems so weird that the eSATA drive used to get detected at least. Now it's just nothing. I really miss that faithful old XP. I never used Vista but if 7 is an improvement over it Vista must have been hell. Explorer and Gadgets are constantly crashing on my computer. Windows Gagdgets will routinely crash within 30 seconds of reaching the desktop. I can't even use MSI's Live Update feature. After running it I get a message saying the service isn't enabled! Please tell me I'm not the only one experiencing these ridiculous issues, and please help me with my eSATA problem because I'm at my wit's end!

Quote from: Henry on 21-February-10, 13:57:33
Yup, RAM marketed expressly for Intel i7 & X58 3 channel rigs is not what you should buy for 2 channel AMD rigs. Get some made for AMD dual channel rigs. 1/2 of your problems are probably caused by that.
I thought that Designed specifically for the Intel X58 chipset / Core i7 was just some marketing thing and all that really mattered was RAM pin type supported by the mobo.
Does the motherboard have the 2 blue and 2 black RAM slots because of that? When I first saw them I thought one group was for DDR2 and the other group for DDR3 but I figured there's no way they could put only 2 RAM slots on a board like this. That should have been my clue they meant something more.
Now could I also just get the same exact spec 2 GB stick to fill out the other slot, or is there something that makes this specific for Intel on the technical side of things? For example, could I replace it with this two piece package with the same RAM specs even though it says it's Compatible with Dual Channel Intel Core i5 & i7 CPU for P55 chipset motherboard or is there an AMD type RAM I need?

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